Getting up to Speed

Since I'm starting the blog a little later in the year, I just wanted to do a (hopefully) speedy post as to what's been going on so far for me at CU.

The year started off really well during my first few days- instead of moving in on the really big, major move in day of the year, I signed up to do Stampede- a freshman leadership camp in which you got to meet other cool people, hang out in Boulder, and most importantly... move in early! None the less, getting all my stuff into my room in Baker took forever, even without a bunch of other kids, upset parents, and random relatives blocking hallways. Stampede turned out to be a really good way to get a jump start on making some new friends- that's where I met my current roommate Susanna, who I shall probably be mentioning quite a bit throughout the year since we usually go Boulder-exploring together. It was kind of like a second orientation, which was really sweet because my orientation experience wasn't so great.

After a few days of blissful silence in my dorm came the entire rest of the freshman class and things got really busy for the few days before classes started! Basically we got a bunch of free food, stickers, shirts, fliers, concerts, and anything else that you can slap a logo on to get all of us informed about happenings around CU.

Leeds also hosted its own freshman welcome event, appropriately titled "Leedsapalooza". Not only did we get awesome shirts (free!) and ice cream (free!), we also got to go on tours of the Koebel building and talk to upperclassmen about the business classes and what other clubs and student organizations CU has that are specifically business related. Here's a list of undergraduate business clubs, most of which allow anyone to pop in and check out a meeting or several to see if they're interested at any time during the year.

Classes started off great and finding rooms was easy- buildings on campus are unlocked almost all the time, so taking an hour so in the few days before classes start to find rooms is easy and helpful once you have your schedule. Big classes at CU- which you usually get a few of as a freshman, for the most part really basic courses like Introduction to Business, Intro to Microeconomics, and Finite Math- haven't really been too much of a problem. Depending on your ability to pay attention and how much sleep you got the night before and are planning to make up for in class, you can sit accordingly. A good rule of thumb is that your class is only as big as however many people are sitting in front of you, because the first few rows don't feel like you're in a room with massive amounts of people. In my Intro to Business class, I sit near the front and it feels like a smaller class because my professor recognizes me and looks directly at people in the front rows while she speaks.

So that's what's been going on on campus and in class so far. Next blog I'm probably going to put up a bunch of different cool things to do around Boulder and off campus, so stay tuned! Have a good one! :)